Walgreens Can't Use Recording To Undo Investor Claim In Ill.

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge has said she won't toss a claim brought by shareholders alleging a former Walgreens president made a false and misleading statement during an investor conference, rejecting the company's argument that an audio recording of that conference warranted a second look at her dismissal ruling.

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Illinois Panel Limits BIPA Exemption For Gov't Contractors

By Lauraann Wood

The Biometric Information Privacy Act's government contractor exclusion is not a categorical exemption and applies only to violations that occur within the scope of a vendor's government-contracted work, an Illinois state appellate panel said Tuesday.

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Boeing Says 737 Max Plaintiffs Can't Seek Punitive Damages

By Ben Adlin

The Boeing Co. has told a Washington state court that dozens of plaintiffs suing over a 2024 door plug blowout on a 737 Max flight are ineligible to seek punitive damages in the case because such damages aren't allowed under Washington law.

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CFTC Sues Wisconsin In Latest Prediction Market State Battle

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday added Wisconsin to the list of states it's taking to court to assert its "exclusive jurisdiction" over prediction markets after the state accused five platforms of offering illegal bets through their event contract offerings.

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7th Circ. Backs $7M Loan Fraudster's 6-Year Sentence

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit has upheld a six-year prison sentence for a financial controller on charges he defrauded two banks and caused more than $7 million in losses, backing a sentencing enhancement for his supervisory role in the scheme because he was "more than a conduit or middleman" and "actively planned, coordinated and concealed the fraud."

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Small And Midsize Business Finance Faces More State Regs

Recent developments in state credit disclosure, consumer debt collection, and lender licensing and registration requirements suggest that companies extending financing to small and midsize businesses are likely to encounter a significantly more stringent legal climate moving forward, say attorneys at Manatt.

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GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures

By Adrian Cruz

GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.

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Judge Publicly Scolds 'Disgraced' Ex-Prosecutor For AI Errors

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina federal judge has eviscerated a former federal prosecutor in a public reprimand for his use of artificial intelligence to draft a response brief that was riddled with hallucinations, calling out the prosecutor's "lack of candor" and saying he "disgraced not only himself, but also the entire office he formerly served."

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Comey Indicted Again As Feds Call Seashell Message 'Threat'

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI director James Comey was again indicted Tuesday by the Trump administration, this time over a social media post last year of an image of seashells arranged on a North Carolina beach to form the message "86 47," which prosecutors characterized as a threat of violence against the president.

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Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules

By Phillip Bantz

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey can move forward with her lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's administration fired her because she is the daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump's perceived enemy James B. Comey, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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ADT Blasts 'Speculative' Bid To DQ Ogletree From Bias Case

By Gina Kim

ADT LLC urged a Georgia federal judge on Monday to reject an attorney's motion to disqualify Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC from defending it against discrimination claims while concurrently defending Microsoft Corp. in the attorney's own pregnancy bias suit, arguing the two matters are wholly separate and unrelated so there's no conflict. 

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Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'

By George Woolston

Nadine Menendez dug into her bid for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-politician husband, telling a New York federal court that prosecutors refuse to own up to their handling of the "forced withdrawal" of her counsel.

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Teleflex Settles Catheter Patent Case Against Medtronic

By Elliot Weld

Medical device company Teleflex and Medtronic have reached a settlement to end a catheter patent dispute from which a judge recused himself after explaining he was "at a loss" on how to proceed.

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